NAM.1963-09-633-1

Photograph by Randolph Bezzant Holmes (1888-1973). Photograph album of 45 photographs, including five loose, 1920 (c)-1925. Compiled by Maj G A Clarke, 12th Pioneers, perhaps the 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment), and 2/2 Bombay Pioneers, perhaps the 2nd Bn 2nd Bombay Pioneers. Showing groups, the senior officers' school Belgaum, the 12th Pioneers pipe band, the North West Frontier, commercial views by Randolph Bezzant Holmes, Afghan delegation to peace conference, an aircraft, 2/2 Pioneers company group. Associated with the 3rd Afghan War (1919). Armoured cars greatly increased the firepower of the British on the frontier. They were used to patrol areas and harry retreating tribesmen. However, the lack of roads on the frontier limited their operational use. There was also a problem, never fully resolved, about how they would work alongside the traditional cavalry.

3rd Afghan War (1919)